Senior Clinical Endoscopist Practitioner - Salisbury, United Kingdom - Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

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Salisbury, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Contract hours per week over 4 days (currently no weekend or evening working). Part time working considered minimum commitment 19 hrs. over 2 days.

As a result of plans to expand the Endoscopy unit an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical endoscopist practitioner to join our well-established, JAG accredited endoscopy service.

You will be carrying out up to 5 endoscopy sessions per week across 4 days, working flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

Support and encouragement will be provided to develop or further a special interest within the service. Special interests currently within the clinical endoscopist team include Barrett's surveillance and IBD.

The clinical endoscopist team also validate polyp and Barrett's surveillance lists against current guidelines, carry out nurse led clinics, perform audits for GRS and are involved in service development and improvement work.

The post holder will be required to manage clinical care and be accountable for their own area of practice.

The post-holder will be an independent prescriber.

Working within their own sphere of competence, they will initiate, alter and stop medication related to their field of practice as determined by assessment and in line with relevant clinical guidelines.

This includes safe sedation and analgesia for endoscopic procedures.

Core functions of a Senior Clinical Endoscopist Practitioner (Senior CEP):

expert clinical practice

- professional leadership and management
- education, training and staff development
- practice and service development and evaluation
- research / national audit

The post will contribute to the clinical, educational and professional direction of the Clinical Endoscopist Endoscopy Provision, ensuring the needs of the patient are placed at the centre of care delivery.

A key aspect of this is to lead and promote a multi-professional approach to clinical service delivery, providing a visible presence within the clinical area and achieving Trust and national standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us.

Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre.

We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding.

You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is proud to have formed a GI unit within the surgical directorate.

This brings together colorectal, general and upper GI surgery, gastroenterology, specialist nurses and the endoscopy unit into a forward thinking and innovative service.

The successful applicant will become part of an established team of endoscopists from a variety of specialities, delivering the highest standards and quality care to our patients.

The endoscopy unit delivers both diagnostic and complex therapeutic procedures, training, and the National Bowel Cancer screening programme. This is delivered across 4 dedicated endoscopy procedure rooms, an 11 bedded recovery area, admission and discharge areas. We have recently installed state of the art endoscope dry storage cabinets and the latest scope guide technology. We are open to embracing new technology to enhance and expand the care for our patients. We perform, on average, 9500 procedures per year.

They will play a role in writing and implementing agreed standardized protocols/guidelines with associated clinicians to improve organisation and delivery of high quality care according to best clinical governance models and in accordance with Trust, network and national guidelines (including BSG and JAG) for Endoscopy.

A recent comment from our Endoscopy staff survey said 'I genuinely feel that the endoscopy unit is a real 'jewel in the crown' of the trust.

Staff and patient feedback support this'.

Please see detailed Job description, person specification and example job plan for further information.

We are happy to answer any questions, provide further information or arrange an informal visit.